Skin by Adrienne Maria Vrettos

Author:Adrienne Maria Vrettos
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Published: 2006-07-27T16:00:00+00:00

Today was a good day at school. Mr. Delancey had us do a group science project in experimental bio where we tested how flammable candy is. That means that before first period was even over, I’d talked to the four people in my group. That means that I talked to one more person than I needed to, and if only two people talk to me tomorrow, it’s all right, because I’ll just use that extra one from today to make up for it.

Karen and Amanda are sitting on the front steps scrunched together under a blanket when I get home. It’s freezing out, and they have on hats and scarves and gloves, and they’ve got the blanket pulled up under their chins. They’re both laughing but have tears on their faces, which usually means they were fighting and then made up. They don’t move when I try to walk past them up the steps. Amanda says, “Hey, Donnie, I have to tell you something.”

Today I’m going to count Amanda as the fifth person I’ve talked to today. Usually I just count her as family, which doesn’t really count, but since I haven’t talked to five people in one day in over four weeks, I’m letting her in.

“What?” I say, and I don’t let myself hope that she’s forgiven me for the whole lying-about-sleeping-with-her thing and that she wants us to be friends again and by the way do I want to go make out with her in the woods behind the baseball field?

“My dad’s moving us back to Chicago.”

Karen starts crying, and there is no more balance, and I think, This is what falling feels like.

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